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Former Derby County boss Liam Rosenior is "in the sights" of Leicester City, according to reports in France.
Rosenior has done a terrific job since taking over at Strasbourg at the start of this season and his work has not gone unnoticed.
L’Equipe report that both City and Southampton are keeping tabs on the 40-year-old, but are deemed to "not represent an immediate threat" amid their expected relegations.
At City, there is no short-term appetite to remove Ruud van Nistelrooy as manager despite the Dutchman picking up just seven points from his 16 matches in charge.
What happens in the summer in the event of relegation remains to be seen, but van Nistelrooy has vowed to stand by his contract and continue to manage the club.
It's not surprising that Rosenior may be attracting attention. Having never managed outside England before, and despite interest from Sunderland and Burnley following his shock sacking by Hull, he opted to move to France last summer.
It's a decision that has paid off handsomely, and he now has Strasbourg in seventh place in Ligue 1, on the brink of the European qualification places.
They're in form too as they look for a late-season charge, taking 16 points from their last available 18, a run where they've conceded just one goal.
Sixth would get them into the Europa Conference League, but third earns a Champions League place, and they're only four points off the pace.
"Why not?" Rosenior said this week when asked if Champions League qualification was possible. "We're in the football world to dream. I'll never stop my players from dreaming.
"It's not arrogance, but four points behind with eight games to play? Of course it's possible."
Rosenior also discussed his playing style this week, saying: "The reason players make all these sacrifices to become professionals is because they love to play. When you're young, you want to express yourself with the ball.
"To get it, you have to run for it, press, and when you have it, you have to keep it as long as possible and use it in the right areas. This, in very simplistic terms, is my idea of football.
"It will never change because it's what drives me. When people watch my team, I want them to see they love to play football.
"You should never stop players from being creative. That's why people pay to watch football. Football is art, it's about patterns, it's about expression, it's about emotion.
"I'm lucky enough to experience this art and try to create. We have puzzles in front of us and we have to know where to put the players."
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